Paperboard and plastic film hosiery package



Aug. 11, 1964 P. c. COLLURA PAPERBOARD AND PLASTIC FILM HOSIERY PACKAGE Filed NOV. 13, 1962 Ina/6722 .07: .PeZer C CaZZ'ur'cz United States Patent 3,144,128 PAPERBOARD AND PLASTIC FILM HGSIERY PACKAGE Peter C. Coliura, Waltham, Mesa, assignor to Container Corporation of America, Chicago, 3111., a corporation of Delaware Filed Nov. 13, 1962,Ser. No. 237,256 4 Claims. (Cl. 296-4534) This invention relates tohosiery packages, and more particularly to folder type packages.

The invention comprehends an improved folder package especially adapted for ladies hosiery, and similar articles, which is formed from a combination of paperboard and plastic film.

It is an object of the inventionto provide a combination paperboard and film, folder-type hosiery package in which the contentsare completely sealed at the edges of the packages from dust or other foreign matter and which are at the same time visible from either one or both sides ofthe package.

A further object of the invention is the provision, in a package ofthe type described, of a film arrangement which will protect the contents of the package from snagging on raw edges ofeither the paperboard carton or the film and which is also adapted to facilitate hand loading of the contents into the package.

A more specific object of the invention is the provision, in a carton of the type described, of a film arrangement wherein the inner layer or wall of the film bag or liner receiving the contents of the package has an interrupted portion at one end of the package with the outer layer or wall of film disposed over the paperboard to accommodate insertion of a finger of the person loading the package between the paperboard and film and thereby facilitate loadingof the package.

These and other objects of the invention will be ap parent from an-examination of the following description and drawings, wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a plan view of a package embodying features. of the invention, as seen from the front;

FIGURE 2 is a plan view of the structure of FIGURE 1, as seen from the rear, with portions of the package shown in an extended position;

FIGURE 3 is a longitudinal section taken on line 33 of FIGURE 1; and

FIGURE 4 is a transverse section taken on line4-4 of FIGURE 1.

It will be understood that,'for purposes of clarity, certain elements have been intentionally omitted from certain views where they are illustrated to better advantage in other views. t

Referring now to the drawing fora better understanding of theinvention, andparticularly to FIGURES 2 and 4,

preferablynslightly shorter in length than panel 10, so as to provide a slight amount of space between the opposite ends of the side panelsand the ends of panel l0. -Hinged- 1y attached to the opposite endedges of panel are a pair of relatively narrow first and second end=panels 14 Ice and 16, respectively, which extend transversely across panel 19 for its entire width.

Still referring to FIGURES 2 and 4, it will be seen that an open ended tubular sleeve S is disposed to overlie the rear or inwardly facing surface of carton panel 10. The sleeve is in a. generally collapsed condition so as to present or define a pair of generally parallel inner and outer walls 18 and 19, respectively, which are formed integrally or attached to each other at their side edges to form a flattened tubular structure open only at the ends.

As best seen in FIGURE 4, sleeve inner wall 18 is interrupted as his formed by a pair of co-planer left and right hand sections 18a and 18b, respectively, the opposing inner edges of which are spaced from each other to define therebetween an opening extending longitudinally the entire length of panel 10. If desired sleeve wall 18 could be formed as.a one-piece wall with a cut-out or recessed portion at one end thereof to accomplish the same result, which is described later in'the specification.

Sections 18a and 18b of the sleeve inner wall may be adhesively secured to the inner surface of carton panel 10 by a heat seal or other appropriate adhesive means, as indicated at 22. In a like manner the sleeve outer wall 19 may be secured by similar means, as at 24, along its side edges to the inner surfaces of the respective side. panels 12 which have beenfolded back degrees over marginal side portions of the sleeve in parallel relation with the walls of the sleeve and panel 10 of the carton. First end panel 14 is also folded back 180 degrees to overlie the marginal end portionof the sleeve and also end portions of side wall panels 12. Panel 14 maybe secured to the ends of the sleeve and/or the side wall panels 14 by an adhesive indicated generally at .26. Inasmuch as this will be the end of the carton opened by the ultimate consumer adhesive areas-26may besurrounded by a circular die .cut 28 in order to facilitate opening of the package.

At the opposite end of the carton second end panel 16 is also folded back 180 degrees to overlie the opposite end of the sleeve and the opposite ends of side panels 12. Panel 16 may be secured to the adjacent ends of the side panels 12and or the sleeve in any desired manner, such as by means of the strip of adhesive 30 extending across the panel 16 or by a strip of adhesive tape, not shown.

It will be understood that when the packer receives the unloaded packages for filling the side panels and one end panel 14 will have been secured in.position, as seen in FIGURE 2, with the opposite end of thepackage still open to permit insertion of an article into the sleeve of the package. -After the package has been loaded end panel 16 is then folded over and secured to the remainder of the package.

One of theessentialfeatures of this invention is the provision of the space between the opposed .side edges of the sleeve inner wall sections 18a and 1%. By this arrangementit-will be noted that at the area of the spacing there is only one ply of plastic film over the paperboard cartonjpanel 10. The purpose of this is to facilitate opening of the package by the insertion of a finger into that area between carton panel .10 and outer sleeve wall 19 to separate the outerwallof the plastic sleeve from the main panel 16 of thecarton. This is necessary because of the tendency of the layers of filmto stick to each other and resist separation or opening. This is due both to the cohesive quality of the material and also to the effect of the knife in severing the various sections of the sleeve from a stock of material the cut with the knife tends to form a seal on the adjacent cut portions-of the material, and by-this novel arrangement there is, provided a simple means of opening the package by hand.

Also, to facilitate opening of the end flap 14 by the consumer there may be provided, in the edge of the panel 14, a cutout or recessed portion 32.

It will be understood that in its completed form the package has a front wall formed by the paperboard carton panel 10 and the inner sleeve wall 18 and an outer or rear wall formed by the sleeve outer wall 19 which is preferably transparent to permit the contents of the package to be viewed without opening the package. It will be further understood that the end and side panels are relatively narrow so that practically all of the contents of the package may be seen from the rear of the package. Also, to permit the contents of the package to be viewed from the front of the package, panel 10 may be provided with an aperture or window 34. Because the front wall of the package includes the inner plastic wall as well as the paperboard panel the contents of the goods are protected in the window area by the sleeve inner wall.

As previously mentioned, the length of the sleeve is that when the end panels are folded over they will in turn form a crease in the ends of the sleeve to thereby seal the sleeve at its ends from dirt or other foreign material.

I claim:

1. A relatively shallow, folder-type package, compris- (a) a carton base formed from a unitary blank of foldable paperboard; and

(b) a sleeve, open at at least one end, formed from a relatively thin transparent sheet of plastic film characterized by a tendency to cohere to itself;

() said base including a generally rectangular main panel having pairs of relatively narrow side and end panels hinged to its opposite side and end edges, respectively;

(d) said sleeve having a girth approximately equal to twice the width of said main panel;

(2) said sleeve overlying one surface of said main panel and being in a collapsed condition to present a pair of generally parallel inner and outer walls (g) said side panels being folded approximately 180 degrees back over marginal portions of the sides of the sleeve outer wall and adhesively secured thereto, so that the main panel and the sleeve .outer wall serve as the front and rear walls, respectively, of the package;

(h) said end wall panels being folded approximately 180 degrees back over marginal portions of the ends of said sleeve outer wall and end portions of respective side panels and being adhesively secured to said side panel portions.

2. A relatively shallow, folder-type package, comprising:

a pair of generally parallel inner and outer walls interconnected at their side edges;

(e) said sleeve inner wall being interrupted and including a pair of co-planer sections secured to said one surface of the main panel and separated from each other having a portion of said panel surface adjacent an open end of the sleeve exposed and in direct facing relation with an equivalent portion of the plastic sleeve outer wall to facilitate opening of the sleeve and the insertion of an object between the main panel and the sleeve outer Wall;

(1) said side panels being folded approximately degrees back over marginal portions of the sides of the sleeve outer wall, so that the main panel and the sleeve outer wall serve as the front and rear walls, respectively, of the package;

(g) said end wall panels being folded approximately 180 degrees back over marginal portions of the ends of said sleeve outer wall and end portions of respective side panels and being secured to at least one of said sleeve wall and side panel portions.

3. A relatively shallow, folder-type package, compris- (a) a carton base formed from a unitary blank of foldable paperboard; and (b) a sleeve, open at both ends, formed from a relatively thin sheet of plastic film characterized by a tendency to cohere to itself;

(c) said base including a generally rectangular main panel having pairs of relatively narrow side and end panels hinged to its opposite side and end edges, respectively;

(d) said sleeve overlying one surface of said main panel and being in a collapsed condition to present a pair of generally parallel inner and outer walls interconnected at their side edges;

(e) said sleeve inner wall being adhesively secured to said one surface of the main panel and having a recessed portion having a portion of said panel surface adjacent one end of the sleeve exposed and in direct facing relation with an equivalent portion of the plastic sleeve outer wall to facilitate opening of the sleeve and the insertion of an object between the main panel and the sleeve outer wall;

(7) said side panels being folded approximately 180 degrees back over marginal portions of the sides of the sleeve outer wall and adhesively secured thereto, so that the main panel and the sleeve outer wall serve as the front and rear walls, respectively, of

V the package;

(g) said end wall panels being folded approximately 180 degrees back over marginal portions of the ends of said sleeve outer wall and end portions of respective side panels and being adhesively secured to said sleeve wall and side panel portions.

4. A relatively shallow, folder-type package, comprismg:

(a) a carton base formed from a unitary blank of foldable paperboard; and

(b) a sleeve, open at at least one end, formed from a relatively thin sheet of plastic film characterized by a tendency to cohere to itself;

(0) said base including a generally rectangular main panel having pairs of relatively narrow side and end panels hinged to its opposite side and end edges, respectively;

(d) said sleeve overlying one surface of said main panel and being in a collapsed condition to present a pair of generally parallel inner and outer walls;

(e) said sleeve inner wall being adhesively secured to said one surface of the main panel and having a recessed portion having a portion of said panel surface adjacent an open end of the sleeve exposed and in direct facing relation with an equivalent portion of the plastic sleeve outer Wall to facilitate opening of the sleeve and the insertion of an object between the main panel and the sleeve outer Wall;

(f) said side panels being folded approximately 180 degrees back over marginal portions of the sides of the sleeve outer wall, so that the main panel and the sleeve outer wall serve as the front and rear walls, respectively, of the package;

(g) said end wall panels being folded approximately 180 degrees back over marginal portions of the ends of said sleeve outer wall and end portions of respective side panels.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Stone May 31, 1932 Vogt Mar. 4, 1941 Kner Nov. 9, 1943 Sharp Dec. 23, 1952 Allison Mar. 18, 1958 Smiler Oct. 30, 1962 FOREIGN PATENTS Great Britain Apr. 5, 1949 

1. A RELATIVELY SHALLOW, FOLDER-TYPE PACKAGE, COMPRISING: (A) A CARTON BASE FORMED FROM A UNITARY BLANK OF FOLDABLE PAPERBOARD; AND (B) A SLEEVE, OPEN AT AT LEAST ONE END, FORMED FROM A RELATIVELY THIN TRANSPARENT SHEET OF PLASTIC FILM CHARACTERIZED BY A TENDENCY TO COHERE TO ITSELF; (C) SAID BASE INCLUDING A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR MAIN PANEL HAVING PAIRS OF RELATIVELY NARROW SIDE AND END PANELS HINGED TO ITS OPPOISTE SIDE AND END EDGES, RESPECTIVELY; (D) SAID SLEEVE HAVING A GIRTH APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO TWICE THE WIDITH OF SAID MAIN PANEL; (E) SAID SLEEVE OVERLYING ONE SURFACE OF SAID MAIN PANEL AND BEING IN A COLLALPSED CONDITION TO PRESENT A PAIR OF GENERALLY PARALLEL INNER AND OUTER WALLS INTERCONNECTED AT THEIR SIDE EDGES; (F) SAID SLEEVE INNER WALL BEING INTERRUPTED AND INCLUDING A PAIR OF CO-PLANAR SECTIONS ADHESIVELY SECURED TO SAID ONE SURFACE OF THE MAIN PANEL AND SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER AND HAVING A PORTION OF SAID PANEL SURFACE ADJACENT AN OPEN END OF THE SLEEVE EXPOSED AND IN DIRECT FACING RELATION WITH AN EQUIVALENT PORTION OF THE PLASTIC SLEEVE OUTER WALL TO FACILITATE OPENING OF THE SLEEVE AND THE INSERTION OF AN OBJECT BETWEEN THE MAIN PANEL AND THE SLEEVE OUTER WALL; (G) SAID SIDE PANELS BEING FOLDED APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES BACK OVER MARGINAL PORTIONS OF THE SIDES OF THE SLEEVE OUTER WALL AND ADHESIVELY SECURED THERETO, SO THAT THE MAIN PANEL AND THE SLEEVE OUTER WALL SERVE AS THE FRONT AND REAR WALLS, RESPECTIVELY, OF THE PACKAGE; (H) SAID END WALL PANELS BEING FOLDED APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES BACK OVER MARGINAL PORTIONS OF THE ENDS OF SAID SLEEVE OUTER WALL AND END PORTIONS OF RESPECTIVE SIDE PANELS AND BEING ADHESIVELY SECURED TO SAID SIDE PANEL PORTIONS. 